Network Assignment - Network

This is a discussion on Network Assignment - Network ; You might find this a bit cheeky, but would someone offer me some assistance
with my college assignment on networking?
What I have to do is come up with a network setup to match the following
specification:
Network will have ...

Network Assignment

You might find this a bit cheeky, but would someone offer me some assistance
with my college assignment on networking?

What I have to do is come up with a network setup to match the following
specification:

Network will have 5 pcs
Shared printer and scanner
All files need to be stored on a single networked hard drive, and this data
will need to be backed up at regular intervals.

Right, now the setup I plan to use involves Wireless, so I know I'll need to
have a router and all the machines have wireless adapters.

What I don't know much about is whether I need a server for file storage,
and if I need special network operating system, and if so is this instead of
Windows XP?

If so, which OS is the best?

Any help much appreciated!

Re: Network Assignment

"Lucas" wrote in message
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> You might find this a bit cheeky, but would someone offer me some
assistance
> with my college assignment on networking?
>
> What I have to do is come up with a network setup to match the following
> specification:
>
> Network will have 5 pcs
> Shared printer and scanner
> All files need to be stored on a single networked hard drive, and this
data
> will need to be backed up at regular intervals.
>
> Right, now the setup I plan to use involves Wireless, so I know I'll need
to
> have a router and all the machines have wireless adapters.
>
> What I don't know much about is whether I need a server for file storage,
> and if I need special network operating system, and if so is this instead
of
> Windows XP?
>
> If so, which OS is the best?
>
> Any help much appreciated!
>
>